Firearm



ELE. REDFIELD.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.4,1919.

Patented J une 15, 1920.

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vE. E. REDFIELD.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. 1919.

Patented June 15, 1926.

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U wom/Lon E. E. REDHELD.

- FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.'4, 1919.

' 1,343,583. y PatentedJune 15, 1920.

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llllllllllmllllll .E. E. REDFIELD.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 4. I9I9.

,Patented June 15, 1920.

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'RD E, REDFIELD, aVv citizen of" the United' lSta-tes, residing ein Y Glendale, 'in the State of Oregon, have in- `V vented certain new and usefullmprovements Vin vFirearms,of which'theV `ollowi'ng is'ia i jrInEAmy/L Be it known that-LEDW specification, reference being-had tovthe 'yacconipan'yirigVv drawings, Vforming `a part hereof 101i This. i

` `particularreferenceto.the improvement of lshot-guns used Y in trap shooting,the general p pfnrpose being to improve the construction of guns provided for that purpose` so as to Y enable lthem to withstand `better the severe conditions of use to` which-suchguns are Y subjected. p evertheless, some or-all ofthe improvements to be described. are capable Y Furthermore,

of application toffirearms of other types and the A invention, therefore, is not limited to firearms bf' the partieularj'type mentioned.

the hereinafter described are not-'necessarily de- Vpendentlone upon another, l'except as herein-rv after` pointed out; and some of su'chimprvements arev capable oi'V independent. use. The invention'relatesin part to the mounting-oil the ybarrel in the frame, the purpose V being primarily to avvoidputting all of the straimwvhen the gun is fired, on- 'the hingeHr pin by which thebarrel is usually secured in the Aframe and to distribute Asuch strains more'v widely. `Again,'the interrelation-of the iranieanid barrel is sufch'ask to' c'ausefthe i barrel to be held' withgreat {irmness'when 1 thegun is closed`,'means being also provided:

yto' insure the engagement of `the barrel and The' means for Voperating the ejector are` also improved, with view tov ksecuring the, slow starting of,V the empty-shell when the Y opening movement of the gun begins, and-to securingthe subsequent kickor illip neces- Y l usary to lcomplete'the ejection of the shell. Y Anotherfeature V,of fthe' "invention resides frame and yto prevent'thelifting of the bar-v vrelwhen-the gun is closed without strain on .the fore-end'at theltime-of firing. Another l feature 'of the invention relates to the means whereby-the' fore-endfis lockedl to the bar *rel yand absolute security against accidental throwing oif,'which sometimes happens'with other'guns whenl they arey fired,v is assured.

iny thef"devices*by. which the.` hammer is cocked by the movement ofthebarrel when the gun,"i s"jopen The construction of the 1 hammerV mechanism-has alsoxbeenjimproved @naomi has been"v aveiopea with 1 several Vl: improvements` line -gof Fig. 2. A

, QI. Specification of Letters Patent: i ,115; Y. f I''"filppiieatmnl med october 4, v191,9. serial no. 328,461.V l' i inthe wary sin'i'plicity*andj avoidance of y' the vseveral improvements are! appliedv and ,finwliichf y. V Y V Figure is ageneralyiewin side eleva- Y. tion and on Ya relatively smallsca'le ofa gun 'which `embodies Vthe invention.- f Y i f Fig. Qisa View on a larger Scale, partly'in sideelevation asl seen' fromV the right hand section onthe planeagindica'ted bythe-broken withfthefgun lbroken;andfsome ofthe parts Y Y Vin differentl positions. f 3.

isla detail view y tion on theV planeindicated in, horizontal seo? F'g. e is a detail View, in Sie@ elevation 1 as lseen fromtheleft hand, with 'someparts" in section and-.broken away.

Fig. 7 "s adetailviewin horizontal secline VTQ-Tof Fig.' 6.v

sideof the'giin and partly'in longitudinal Y f sofby: the broken l tion on the plane indicated` by the, 'broken'.

partly .1n longitudinal section on the plane. ,i f Y indicated bythe A.br-'okenline 848 .of FigQj. v ,'Fig. 9V is a detail View infseetionronthe plane indicatedfby the'fbroken line ot Figa .- Figs. 10, 1v1', :12, idetail views 'in perspective showing respectively the hamj nier, the cooking lever, the lba'rrelloch; the .eccentric leverior releasing theiore-endand '100ly retail View in section-'on theplaneindicated by Vthe broken f line Y.l5-,15 f

.a'portion ofthe lockmechanism. VFig-'l5V is a plane indicatedl of Fig. '15.1 f

The complete gum-as"showninaFigfL .jy iff comprisesethe stock a, barrel @frame `*cy and Y i;

mechanism andffthe barrel loclgas hereintion of thel barrel b is received snugly,'th eV space between'fthe side flanges, at the'lower The twoV arcs are of concentric circles of different radii. The rear end `of the fore-end d has 'a partially cylindrical seat, as atd, to conformV tothe partially cylindrical endo3 of theiframe-andl-the barrel near its rear e'nd,is `providedwith shoulderslb, curved to conform to the curved rear endsl c4 of the side;'flanges'y c. When the fore-end. is secured fto. the' barrel, Vas hereinafter described,

. the barrel is therefore hinged to the frameonf-thecenter, on which the curves b', c4 and 03,]d vare struck, and may be swungabout that axis, excessive swinging movement,4

f suchras would permit the separation ofthe barrel fromthe frame, being prevented by i' the bearing of the lip atthe under side of y'times breaks, being avoided. l y

the seat d againstlthei under side ofv `the frame, as shown-clearly in Fig. 4. Thebarrel is therefore held 'rigidly in the frame' when the gun is closed and the strain atfthe vinstantof explosion is transmitted from the barrel vto the frame through extended sur-v faces, the use yfof aV .hinge pin, which some.-

The fore-end d is formed ,as usual rvto fit` snugly-against the under side of the barrel b and-is.formed, nearits forward end, with a notch d2, the forwardly facing shoulder of which Vlits". snugly against the rearwardly facingshoulder'of'a slug' 512, secured. as usual i onvthe under side of thebarrel. The wooden ipart 5d of the fore-end receives the metal frame d3, in the rear end of which is formed Vthe partially cylindricalseat fl Themetal framev d3 alsoyreceivesthe springl pressed lockingjbolt'd? which-engages the hooked', lug b'secured as usual tothe under'ribof the barrel and formed, asclearly shownin Fig;- A8,1fwith` Val flatv shoulder b3, parallel` with thevaxis ofthebarrel and thepath of the f ,y i' movementof the bolt d4, sov that absolute f fore-end by; the flip whichoccurs when the gunV is .fired, k.zis` assured. -A cam lever d5, a pivoted inthe metal part Z3 ofthe fore-end,

e v f Yexposed`v for operation throughia slot in such Y sitionby.a 'spring aZG,bears against the forf- 'wardgen'd' of the locking Vbolt (Z4 and Vacts upon; the; bolt .to disengage the'. same from Y l the hooked lug b2 when'it .is desired'to re-v `V so Y pose-of.; permitting the gun to be taken down. L

securityl againstl the throwing voff of the metal part,afnd"held normally in clo`sed=poA m'o've'tlie `fore-end from the gunV for the pury The ribv 5*, on the underside of the rear .Y portion 'of thefbarrel, 'within the'v frame, as

`shownfmst clearly in Figs. 2 and 4:, hasj-a'. squarefhook b5' at its forward end which err.-

' under asquare shoulder the t"is 'carriedby a rod eV mounted infn movement of the gun the Alever lis, wardlyv on its pivot,y and startsgth engages'.l va forwardly 'facingishquldgg the closingmovement of lthe rgun the ej f 1 the leverrez, forcing the` plungery .e

Yposition-.shown ,in'Fig 2./ ":Nlearthe'edt y c contactswiththevunder side@ v ,er Vend/ofthe plunger =e3 andy disengageg ting' the-...plunger to be thrcwn.- rearw l"ger f- ,-Thehub of 'the-hammer 1 posit-ion The hub of :the hammer is-.alsofproyidq ingflever f.1`f(shown most clearly-ix;

ward end of the frame and soprevent'sith `barrel from ibeing lifted .fromV the i Vwhen the gun is closed, with no st` the' fore-end at. the time of' explosie .The ejector e, as shown in 2 formed inthe upper part of the rib under side of the barrel, and :is acted to start the empty shellslowly imm Acl'iamloer of the barrel` as', the Y,opening ment/lof -the'gun iscornmendb shaped/g, lever e2 which is. pivoter; lower-rend in a sloth, peutA inthe# end of the rib bf and when the gun is stands" with its rea1'face,i1icontq.ct w end of the rode and its forward'@willV Vtherearfend ofa sprin pressed lui; mounted-,inthe forelenV d, thep #Ji-r ingthen in. its extreme forwardposion. this position -xthe lever l52,1331shown ,ig yFrag rests uponVV the forward Iend 'ofz'the so that inthe beginning ofYK ,they om movement relative to the framei swung slowlyffrom the chamber. has on its-underside a rearwarv lyg shoulder'v e which,*when' the gun is of the metall.1 part d? ofthe forergmlf,

vbears against the' face offthe und forced forwardly, at the same timmfthr a Y v fromV the position shown 1nv Fig. A

theopening movement o'f the gun ai shoulder ef from thei shoulder-d", pe

by its spring against the lever e and extractor rod, thereloy-colllplliihg$1161` ativexmovement of the extractor 'and 4 I ing theshelluclearjof the chamber The hammer `f,fas shown part Figs. 2, ,4, 9 and 10, is mountedion fr inthe lock vplate and,trigger-gu which V'is' held inthe frame. and screws f3. The hammerf is `actedn A rectly bythemainspringplunger# n on l its c hub a' Ycooking shoulder Y engaged directly by the spring pressed;

lvidedjvith 1a cam f7 which,in-gcoope" `11a withrthe forward end ofthe. the hammerhasrreached its extreme e 1 flectsj'the reboundingmtjm of the,l animer and .holds it' with 'thm pingwithdrawn-within the faeeotthe with a cocki'ng shoulder, which isgen i by the correspondinggshbulder 7"?4 0129J VVV55.

' end beveledof and shouldered, as shown f Yat bs in Fig. 15,' and is pressed 'vyieldinglyv l t the -ri'ght'by a vspring bs'flocated'partly' 2, and .11) whichis also pivotedonthe pin f and is:adaptedtoV be actuated by the movement of the loarrelin the openingV of 'the jguii, the cooking lever'being extended'fr ward and having a finger f11.': In the weblv jonthe undersideof the barrel b, is mounted a yielding pin b7"which,ha'sA its right hand Ain a shonldered'frecess b l" formed in' tli'erib b4 and partly' in shoulderedrecess Z211 i Agun the pin contacts with the lfinger f1? of thev cooking lever f1"v and isLfrorced to the leftvuntil it snaps back to the right under the finger f, as shown in Figs. 2, 15 and 16. VYThen, when the lgun is'broken, the pin'b7L lifts thecocking lever fmfrom a position ,Y

shown in Fig. 2 to the positionfshown in f A Y der conforming tofand cooperating withthe Fig. 4,fthis movement ofthe cooking lever f swinging the hammer f rearwardly until vsoon as it` is closed." Y Y its cooking shoulderA f5 isengaged by thea vtrigger f6. e The hammer istherefore cocked e during the Vbreaking movementfof the gun and the gun is Ain readiness for iiringras The barrel lock comprises l g connected by aweb g2, asshownin Fig.

12, thewebhaving an opening g?. Thelocli-vv ing bolts and'web are mounted in suitable ways formed therefor in theupper part of the frame. Also mounted in the frame is the barrel locking lever g5, held in its seat in i the lframe by a spring pressed plunger gf? which enters agroovein thel hub `g7 anda groove in the web g2 of the'double bolt. The movementof the lever g5 to the right serves to withdraw the bolts g, Vg from the seats in the end of the barrelwhich they normally o engage, as shown in-FigL 3, and permits the'guntobe broken.l Y

An L-shaped plunger h, shown in 4.-, 5, 6, 7 9'V and 14, is supported for fvertical i `movement inthe sidefof the frame and-is Y zontal arm hzroextendedforward through a slotin the, face ofthe frame..` Whenlthe locking leverfr/5 is swung`v to the right and Y thelocking bolts are withdrawm'the stop or .f Y plunger h 'is raisedby the spring h. so that seated upon aspring h', havingk its horiits upper end stands inthe path'oftheweb g2 of the locking bolts, thereby holding the bolts'back so that the gun canbeclosed,.and inthe last of the closing movement oftheV .gun the rear endv of thebarrel,-below the chamber, at the left hand side, strikes the projecting horizontalarm lofthe stop and pulls theVV stopA down againstv the prestwo bolts g and edly'and detachably on the frame, the bar# `sure-fof the springythereby withdrawing the l.

upper end of the stop from` `the pathyof the web of the double locking boltand-i permittingtheb'olt to sniapforwar'dto engage l"and Y Y @Jey vThe operation ofthe various l partso"f"the lock the barrel inpiring :position-"fj pla-nation of the'foperait'ionf of Ythe gun will Y*berequired.` y Itwill beunderstood that various` changes 1n ,details of construction" and arrangementcan be made without'A departing vfrom the spirit :ofthe invention, whiehi is'not limitedto'theparticular"construction(shown Y1 and described. herein, f except,L aspointed-Y out n y 8.0

in the claims. Y

vIclaiin as myinvention: Y v

1. VIn a'irearm, the combination of a frame having at its'.V forward 'end a cylin'- f.. drlcal' bearingv surface and i having `side curved .bearing ysurface of. the correspond Y ing side flangey ofthe frame.'

frame having at itsy forward enda cylindrical Vbearing, surface 'and having ,side flanges with rear ends curved aboutthesame center as the forward end of theframe,and

a barrelprovidedgwith a seat conforming to A theforwardbearing of the frame andfhav l .o

ing'forwardly facing shoulders conforming` to and cooperating with the curved rearwardly bearing surface of the Vside flanges. v

3. In-a,firearm, the combination of a Vframe having `a cylindrical forwardlyffac.- 'ing bearing surface and4 having sidelanges with rearwardly facing bearing surfaces f curved about the same centerr as the for- V2. In V awiireaium vthecombination"of l'f wardly .bearing surface, a barrel adapted to" L 'i be received between the flanges of theframe and havingforwardly facing `shoulders. Vto l'Coperate with the gbearingjsurfacesof 'the vr Y Side! flanges, and ai fore-end detachabiy Securedto the barrel'andlhaving a bearing l' seat for the Vbarrel conforming'to thefrf 115 kwardbearing surface Vof thel frame;Av v

" 4. In a 'irearm,the combinationfoffavf" frame anda barrel having coperating open Y ybearingsurfaces curved about the same ff center,.whereby the barrel is mounted hingrel having fa *downwardly 'extending rib within the frame, there and the frame havingcoperating shoulders independent' ofthe hinge mounting to'preventr'the lifting;

oftherbarrel at the forwardend ofthe frame. `V f 5'. In' a firearm, the combination-of a barrelhaving a depending shouldered lug,y a Y Ifore-end, a spring-pressed plungervcared,

Aby the-fore-end toengag'e the lug of the bari130 l f y i' rel,` anda cam' lever pivoted on the fore-'end l andf'vcoperating with the plunger vto disenl gage theggslame from the lug.'V

i' L.Inra `,rearl'rn the ycombination effe frame-havinga .forwardly yfacing open bear?.

ing ,s'nrrfae andifa rearwardly lacing open bearxng surfaceybqth bearmg surfaces belng curved'about the sameeenter, a barrel havingvopen*bearing surfacesV eonforming to'fthe Y bearn'gisurfaces of the frame and ntererrl.-v gagingdevces carried by the frame and the barrel "tov-prevent the lifting of the barrel at` the frward end f the frame When-the Y gun aielosed..

bearing' surface, Vbothbearing surfaces -curvedabout the same center; a, ing open" bearing surfaces confermng 2 ybearing,surfacesof the frameand'egpe r117.1111721, rearxn, Ythe cmbinatinjpfll frame having@ forwardly fain @peli "75, ing surfaeand a rearwardly ing shoulders arranged to nterengage w thefframe. Y Y n '25v EDWARD 

